Andrea Rosebrock 
See Update – 11/20/08 – Dog Suffered Horrific Cruelty, Abusers Get Probation
You know what’s coming is bad when a story starts out telling you that an animal control officer, these people who have generally seen just about anything when it comes to animals, vomited at the scene due to how terrible it was.
This was just the case in Charlton, MA after a nurse, who was a tenant of the dog owners, tried to help the dog and then called the Animal Rescue League.
When Animal Control Officer Brent W. Sellew arrived at 231 Stafford St., he found a 12 year old husky named Nikkia chained to a dilapidated wooden doghouse behind the apartment building. The poor dog was covered in flies and “in extreme pain because of maggot infestation, both externally and in the area of its anus, according to a report filed by Joseph L. Cadrin, an abuse and cruelty investigator for the Worcester Animal Rescue League”
The smell was so bad that Officer Sellow vomited.
Rebecca Cook, 53 and her 19 year old son, Arthur Mantha have each been charged with one count of animal cruelty.
The nurse tenant who tried to clean a large sore on the dog’s hind area that was rotting away from maggot infestation said that the owners, Cook and Mantha, never cared for the dog, didn’t want anyone to go near him and actually placed a sign telling people to stay away from him and not feed him.
When Cadrin placed the dog on a stretcher, the dog was dirty, cried constantly, and laid on its stomach with its legs spread, not moving, as if paralyzed. The dog had to be euthanized.
According to Mr. Cadrin’s report, which was processed yesterday at the Dudley court, Dr. Emily Neenan said she could hear the maggots consuming the dog’s flesh in the examination room at VCA Abbott Animal Hospital, Worcester.
The infestation was so deep the dog’s hair was falling out during the examination. The level of bacteria in the dog’s bloodstream “could have easily caused damage to internal organs,” the report said.
The postmortem report stated the dog showed no signs of rabies. Officer Sellew was concerned because it was not known when Nikkia had last been to a veterinarian or if he had been vaccinated for rabies. Several residents had been in contact with the dog, he said. (Telegram)
The owners, wonderful, caring people that they were, told the invesitgator that they had no idea how the dog got into the condition he was in and that he was walking just fine the day before. SCUM!
They’ll be facing an arraignment on Oct. 3 at the Dudly District Court. Personally I think they should be tied up in the same fly infested area where that poor dog suffered until their arraignment with a sign over them too!
If I say what I really want to say, you will not be able to print it. This is dispicable…Your last comment to tie them up and leave them in the maggot infested area with no food, water and attention with a sign over their heads would be about the only befitting treatment. I can’t see the law giving them what they truly deserve. Let the animal loving population at them … then maybe they’d get what they deserve. This is truly disgusting…I can’t believe a beautiful animal had to go through so much torment. Rest her soul, she’s in a better place now…Rainbow’s Bridge will treat her the way she should be and give her the love she deserves.
Please send me follow up comments, forgot to check the box when I sent mine before.
Hi Group it is people like that really makes me mad we all know the type the ones that seem like they are the most caring people in the world and put on a good show for everyone but are just nasty mean and cruel to even there own animals I mean how could anyone in there rigth mind not see that the dog was in so much pain that he would wecome death I just hope something happens in their life that they remember that poor dog in their own pain ………
this is true it happen only a few months ago we had 2 men on my wifes side of the family both had cancer one was the best man in the world and never had a bad thing to say to anyone the other was just a down rigth mean drunk and made everyones life bad and has for his whole life the frist one died after about three months to look at him you would never guess he had cancer because he went so fast the other man lived for over a 2 years and was in great pain to the end at like 90 pounds I just think sometimes people get whats coming to them in life …jeffrey
I am just so sorry that this poor soul had to endure the worst hell imaginable before his release. I know that she was lifted by angel’s into the universe of love that she so deserved. The monster’s that left this poor soul in this horrific condition to suffer unimaginable pain need to be prosecuted, charged, and put away where they belong.